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Colonial travelers in Latin America
Title
Colonial travelers in Latin America / compiled and introduced by Irving A. Leonard; edited by William C. Bryant.
ISBN
0936388293 (pbk.)
0936388307
Published
Newark, Del. : Juan de la Cuesta, [1986?], c1972.
Physical Description
x, 235 p. 19 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Estudios de literatura latinoamericana ; no. 1
Contents
The Atlantic crossing of Father Tomás de la Torre (1544)
Carvajal's account of the discovery of the Amazon (1542)
Robert Tomson's voyage to the West Indies and Mexico (1555-1558)
Journey of Francesco Carletti to South America and Mexico (1594-1596)
Anonymous description of Peru (1600-1615)
Visit of Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa to Cajamarca, Peru (1615)
Acarete du Biscay's journey from Buenos Aires to Potosi (1658)
The Pacific crossing of Gemelli-Careri (1697-1698)
Voyage of Amedée Frezier to South America (1712-1714)
The expulsion of the Jesuits from Paraguay as recounted by Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1767)
Concolorcorvo's description of travel by carreta in the Argentine (1773)
John Mawe's journey into the interior of Brazil (1809)
Travels of Alexander von Humboldt among the Carib Indians of Venezuela (1800)
Bibliography (p. [231]-232)
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